BMA have assisted Citigroup to implement a range of management reporting, budgeting and forecasting applications at their head office in Sydney. The Applix TM1 package has been used extensively to develop these applications as the result of a collaborative project involving Citigroup staff and BMA consultants.

Leighton Contractors is a major construction company that operates in Australia and Asia. Recently BMA assisted Leighton Contractors with a project to design and development a project and business performance management application using the Applix TM1 business intelligence software package.

MetLife are a major insurance company with as head office in the USA. Together with BMA they have designed and developed a range of management reporting, forecasting and performance management applications. The Applix TM1 business intelligence software was used as the development platform.

Cantarella Brothers is best known for its primary coffee brands Vittoria and Aurora and is Australia’s main supplier of quality coffee. Cantarella also imports and markets a wide range of other goods to retailers and food service businesses including coffee making equipment, quality cheeses and seafood. With over 3,000 products and operations in all major capitals in Australia and NZ, budgeting and reporting is particularly difficult. BMA has designed and developed Cantarella Brothers’ management reporting systems and is currently assisting them with the design and development of debtor, inventory and customer and product profitability systems.

RAMS use business intelligence software to process their budgeting and management reporting applications. Recently BMA helped RAMS to update these applications and to integrate the reporting applications with their new accounting software package.

Walker Corporation is a leading development company with projects in many states of Australia and overseas. Recently BMA assisted Walker Corporation to modify their project reporting and forecasting application using the Applix TM1 business intelligence package.

Centrelink is Australia’s largest, Federal Government agency. It delivers a wide range of services, programs and payments for Australian government departments. With over 24,000 staff, the task of aligning the whole organisation to common objectives is significant. Communication, internal and external to the organisation, is vital. This is the responsibility of the Communications and Marketing department of Centrelink. Centrelink has long been a proponent of the use of the Balanced Scorecard to manage performance. BMA recently provided consulting services and tools to assist Centrelink’s Communications and Marketing Department with the development of a Balanced Scorecard that links with corporate objectives. One of the tools being used by Centrelink executives is BMA Performance Advantage. This product is helping them to monitor a range of performance measures based on their balanced scorecard.